Ninja Gaiden 3 - Playstation 3

I've played the first game installment & wanted to try the 3. Really good game if you're into ninja games.

Maybe I'm the only one here that actually like this Ninja Gaiden. I played all the Ninja Gaiden games and beat the ones for nes. I never finished sigma or NG2 and the reason was, and I can admitt this, they are hard core games with a steep learning curve. I wanted to love them but ended up giving up. Ninja Gaiden 3 Is the game I wanted in Ninja Gaiden. I know that everyone that loved NGS and NG2 think is a bad step down in the series, and it shows with all the bad reviews. But for those who never played or thought the previous games where not their cup of tea, NG3 is an action packed, blood button smashing fun. You have just the Dragon sword and bow (free dlc in the near future will add the scythe and claw weapons,) the graphics are not uncharted like but they are good in my opinion. The voice acting is below average. The story is ok not worthy of awards. The fighting music is good, mostly metal. this game has multiplayer in which i haven't played yet. If you enjoy fun action games, this one doesn't disappoint. If you are looking for a real challenge then this is not the game for you. Vanquish, Binary Domain, Yakuza 4, Nier were all games that are hidden gems (to me at least) that unfortunately many people never gave a chance and or never played because of average reviews and it's the same thing that will happen to NG3.

I will admit, the game has its flaws but I really enjoyed the game regardless. This may actually be my favorite of the current gen series. The gameplay is about the same in terms of controls but the difficulty has been dumbed down a bit. Even so, that doesn't mean the game is bad. It's more fast paced and action heavy and people exaggerate when they compare this game to Dynasty Warriors. The story isn't perfect but at least there IS actually a story, i couldn't tell you what the last games were about. This game is much more personal to the character of Ryu Hayabusa and by the end of the game you feel like a super hero. While this game isn't as hard as the previous installments to the series, it is still no cake walk. The combat is fun and tight and there is a descent amount of enemy types and boss battles as well. It can get a bit over the top (arrows taking down combat choppers) but in the end, Ninja Gaiden 3 provides fun, fast-paced action that i think is a good change for the series. I'm hoping a Sigma version is released with all the DLC planned as well as a few other fixes. Mainly not having a prompt on the screen every second telling you where to go and what to press. The game can hold your hand a bit to much. Ultimately, Ninja Gaiden 3 is a different, yet refreshing direction for the series. To any Gaiden fans on the fence about purchasing the game, "don't knock it 'till you've tried it".

Based on all the flak this game has received from pretty much every reviewer, professional and non-professional, I was expecting Ninja Gaiden 3 to be very slow-paced, boring, underdeveloped, and filled with glitches. Fortunately, none of those problems plague this game. I'm clearly in the minority here, but throughout most of my playthrough for this game I found that I couldn't help but ask myself this one question: "Am I playing the same game all those other guys were complaining about?" While the first few levels of Ninja Gaiden 3 were somewhat underwhelming, it really picked up before the halfway point, and by the last couple of levels I was actually putting in a fair amount of effort towards defeating some challenging enemies and trying hard not to get killed too much. Let us begin by going into the much more involved and actually decent story showcased in Ninja Gaiden 3. The first two games barely had any stories to speak of, with the focus on gameplay taking precedence over everything else. There's really nothing wrong with that, but I'm glad they decided to focus more on the narrative aspect for once with this game instead of sticking to the exact same formula of straight-up action and minimal story. This game opens with Ryu Hayabusa being asked by agents of the JSDF (Japanese Self-Defense Forces) to help them deal with some terrorists who have taken innocent people hostage in London and are demanding the presence of Ryu himself. Agreeing to help them, Ryu goes in and begins effectively slaughtering every terrorist he comes across, that is until he encounters the terrorist leader known as the Regent of the Mask. After a vicious sword battle, the Regent places a curse on Ryu known as the Grip of Murder, which causes the Dragon Sword to be absorbed into his arm and infects him with the combined malice and hatred of the countless people Ryu has slain over the years with the fabled blade. The flesh-rotting curse will eventually spread and kill Ryu, giving him no choice but to finish the job of finding out who these terrorists are and stop their plans, while hopefully finding a way to remove the curse as well. The story behind Ninja Gaiden 3 is definitely more involved and meaty compared to the rather anorexic plots of the previous two games, and while the story here is nothing out of this world or altogether original, it is still entertaining and I actually cared about some of the characters that Ryu meets up with. There are even a couple of plot twists thrown in there for good measure. I also appreciate how we get a closer look at Ryu's personality (and unmasked face) and see that he is indeed capable of experiencing emotions such as anger, regret, and compassion. Fortunately, this attempt to humanize Ryu does not feel forced or contrived, and it also doesn't change the fact that he's still a stone cold killer who slaughters evildoers without mercy. Speaking of slaughter, Ryu is still quite capable of slicing and dicing every enemy he comes across in pretty much the same fast-paced and fluid manner as in the previous games. First and foremost, his collection of different weaponry is smaller than what most gamers are accustomed to. Aside from his classic shurikens and a bow and arrow (which eventually shoots explosive arrows), Ryu begins the game with one sword and then switches to a couple of other progressively stronger ones as the story progresses, very much like what was done in the original PS2 Prince of Persia games. We no longer have the large selection of upgradeable weapons from the days of yore. I would have preferred more available weapons from the get go, but I also didn't find this to be the unforgivable transgression that most other gamers did. However, new copies of Ninja Gaiden 3 come with a voucher code that gives you access to the Eclipse Scythe and Falcon's Talons from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, as well as some online ninja trial stuff. These extra weapons really do increase this game's fun factor. Given that this game is now being sold at roughly half its original retail price, buying it new to get these extra weapons for free is worth it, as opposed to buying the weapons as DLC off PSN for an extra $20...yikes. Any future sequels should make sure to include more than one weapon type right off the bat and not rely on DLC. The smaller number of weapons also inherently lowers the different number of combos Ryu can perform in battle, but not as much as you may think. Thankfully, he can still perform the classic Izuna Drop on his enemies, however I do wish he could still do the Guillotine Throw, or at least another type of throw move. Another change to the combat is how Ryu no longer uses essence or special items to regain health and ninpo. Instead, Ryu's ninpo meter gradually fills up as he damages enemies. Once the ninpo meter is full, he is capable of casting a spell that turns him into a fire dragon, where he then gobbles up all surrounding enemies and feasts on them, restoring any health he may have previously lost. If the player chooses not to cast the fire dragon spell and instead kills all enemies with Ryu's physical attacks, then any accumulated ninpo will be used up at the end of the battle to restore Ryu's health. This change in gameplay may not have been necessary, but in my opinion it was a refreshing change nonetheless. Ultimate Techniques have changed somewhat as well. Ryu can no longer perform Ultimate Techniques at will, but after killing a certain number of enemies, his cursed arm will begin to glow red. At that point, Ryu can perform an Ultimate Technique that allows him to home in on up to 6 enemies or so and kill them one at a time in rapid succession (this works differently with the Eclipse Scythe). Since this game throws a larger number of enemies at you simultaneously, this new version of Ultimate Techniques proves to be quite useful in quickly lowering the number of enemy forces, but it also makes it a bit more challenging for Ryu to survive against a group of tougher enemies. If Ryu is surrounded by tougher enemies that take longer to kill, he has to fight cautiously and make enough kills to build up his Ultimate Technique energy in order to unleash it on his enemies, which can be hard to do if he's low on health and ninpo. I find this set-up adds an extra layer of challenge to an otherwise simple game. Also worth mentioning are the combat oriented button prompts that pop up randomly as Ryu is slicing into his opponents. His blade will be thrust deep into his opponent and the player will be prompted to press the light or heavy attack button to make Ryu literally cut all the way through his opponent and mortally wound them to take them out of the battle (tougher enemies will try to counter this move). If any other enemies are close enough, Ryu will be able to do more of these one-hit kill slices and effectively take out a small group of enemies in seconds. Other players thought these button prompt kills were annoying and claimed that it got in the way of the fast-paced combat, but I found it to be brutally satisfying. One flaw this game has that was actually carried over from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is how incredibly straightforward the gameplay is. There are no puzzles whatsoever and there is only one set path to follow; no possibility of exploration. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 had a few extra paths to take here and there that usually led to an extra health item or some other trinket, but Ninja Gaiden 3 has no collectibles to speak of, and therefore has no extra paths to find them in. But, it does mostly make up for this with the inclusion of quick time events reminiscent of God of War, specifically Ghost of Sparta. That game had no puzzles either, but it broke up the action with special adventure sequences where Kratos would slide down these cliffs and time a jump to another cliff or boss enemy. Ryu has similar cliff sliding moments that lead to him gliding across the air to reach solid ground. Many of these gliding set-pieces involve the player responding to button prompts that have Ryu either dodging deadly projectiles or slicing through enemies big and small. These same button prompts come into action with some of the game's boss battles against some really big enemies. Then there's the Kunai Climb, where Ryu will basically thrust two kunai into a wall and use the kunai to climb up the wall until he reaches the top. The player must hold down the L1 and R1 buttons and then alternate between releasing and pressing both buttons one at a time to "act out" Ryu's climbing. This takes a little getting used to, but in time you'll be climbing up these walls with little problem. Aside from simply climbing up a wall to reach the top, Ryu will also go through Kunai Climb sequences when facing off against several larger bosses, as well as climbing up the side of a collapsing wall of ice or a broken bridge that is steadily falling apart, all while occasionally avoiding falling debris or gunfire. One thing that I feel should have been added was a larger variety of enemies, especially for the first half of the game where Ryu mostly fights regular soldiers and some tougher soldiers with dual blades. More enemies are brought in later on such as soldiers equipped with stealth suits, attack dogs, alchemists who use strange and powerful sorcery, Black Spider Ninjas (one mission only), and some Fiends. Most of these enemies provide an average challenge, although the last few missions throw tougher versions of the same types of enemies at you that will prove more difficult to defeat. Still, I would have liked to see a few other enemy types, mostly a larger number of Fiends. Much like the regular enemies, the boss fights range from average to slightly above average in difficulty, with the rare exception or two. To me, this game had just the right combination of less frustrating challenge and simple fun without getting boring. If you should happen to die, which won't likely happen much at all until the last few missions, there are enough save points dispersed throughout the levels that let you restart not too far off from wherever you may have been killed. Save points also replenish your health, although it hardly seems necessary since Ryu regains his health after every battle anyway. Final thoughts: I can see why some of the changes they made in this game did not appeal to fans of the series, especially the diehard "masochistic" fans who only have fun when they're getting murdered time after time by insanely cheap enemies. This game is not for those old school Ninja Gaiden fans. Even if they play on higher difficulty levels, the changes made to the combat, specifically the smaller number of weapons, removal of upgrades and items, less challenging enemies, and the different versions of ninpo and Ultimate Techniques, appear to be too much for their delicate sensibilities to handle. Still, I don't believe Ninja Gaiden 3 deserves the large number of 1 and 2 star scores it has received on this site, not to mention the low scores it has received on certain professional gaming sites (3 out of 10 on IGN? Gimme a break). As much as I liked the first two Ninja Gaiden games, I found Ninja Gaiden 3 to be plenty of fun by its own right, even with all the changes to the formula. This game is at least worth a rental for any gamer who enjoys some good old fashioned, straight-up ninja action with few bells and whistles. It's not perfect, but it plays well, has a pretty good story, controls fine, and has very nice graphics. It's true what other gamers have said: if this game had a different title, its critical reception would have likely been more favorable overall.

This is a good game.I loved playing this when I got it.I started doing a Let's Play of it until the game started to get boring.I beat 80 million times.I love this game really just give it some time to get back in it.It will be okay.

wow, it's a very difficult and interest game, good product.

Good game.i liked it

Awesome game completed in just 5 days

Excellent product shipping was quick and was handled with care.

Honestly this game is kinda terrible...but I got exactly what was advertised. A fonctional game with box/booklet in perfect condition 👌not amazon/seller fault if the game isnt so good 😉

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